muni | मुनि | muni
mu/ni | मु/नि | m. (accord. to Uṇ. iv, 122 fr. √ man | मन् |) impulse, eagerness (?), RV. vii, 56, 8
(prob.) any one who is moved by inward impulse, an inspired or ecstatic person, enthusiast, RV.; AV.; Br.
a saint, sage, seer, ascetic, monk, devotee, hermit (esp. one who has taken the vow of silence), ŚBr. &c. &c. (with hfdayeśu sṭitaḥ | ह्फ़्दयेशु स्टितः |, the internal monitor or conscience, Mn. viii, 91)
a Brāhman of the highest (eighth) order, Hcat.
N. of a son of Kuru, MBh.
of a son of Dyuti-mat, MārkP.
of Vyāsa, Kir.
of Bharata, Sāh.
of Agastya, L.
of a Buddha or Arhat, Lalit.
of Pāṇini &c. (cf. -traya | -त्रय |)
of other men, VP.
of various authors, Cat.
of various plants (Agati Grandiflora, Buchanania Latifolia, Butea Frondosa, Terminalia Catappa, the mango-tree and Artemisia Indica), L.
pl. ‘the celestial Munis’, N. of the seven stars of Ursa Major (and there fore a symbolical N. for the number ‘seven’), Var.; Sūryas.; Śrutab.
mu/ni | मु/नि | f. a female Muni (also I), Uṇ. iv, 122, Sch.
N. of a daughter of Dakṣa (and wife of Kaśyapa), mother of a class of Gandharvas and Apsaras (cf. mOneya | म्Oनेय |), MBh.; Hariv.; Pur.
mu/ni | मु/नि | n. N. of a Varṣa (called after a royal Muni), VP.
(prob.) any one who is moved by inward impulse, an inspired or ecstatic person, enthusiast, RV.; AV.; Br.
a saint, sage, seer, ascetic, monk, devotee, hermit (esp. one who has taken the vow of silence), ŚBr. &c. &c. (with hfdayeśu sṭitaḥ | ह्फ़्दयेशु स्टितः |, the internal monitor or conscience, Mn. viii, 91)
a Brāhman of the highest (eighth) order, Hcat.
N. of a son of Kuru, MBh.
of a son of Dyuti-mat, MārkP.
of Vyāsa, Kir.
of Bharata, Sāh.
of Agastya, L.
of a Buddha or Arhat, Lalit.
of Pāṇini &c. (cf. -traya | -त्रय |)
of other men, VP.
of various authors, Cat.
of various plants (Agati Grandiflora, Buchanania Latifolia, Butea Frondosa, Terminalia Catappa, the mango-tree and Artemisia Indica), L.
pl. ‘the celestial Munis’, N. of the seven stars of Ursa Major (and there fore a symbolical N. for the number ‘seven’), Var.; Sūryas.; Śrutab.
mu/ni | मु/नि | f. a female Muni (also I), Uṇ. iv, 122, Sch.
N. of a daughter of Dakṣa (and wife of Kaśyapa), mother of a class of Gandharvas and Apsaras (cf. mOneya | म्Oनेय |), MBh.; Hariv.; Pur.
mu/ni | मु/नि | n. N. of a Varṣa (called after a royal Muni), VP.